Explore the intricate layers of Jewish history and its connections to the broader narrative of world events and identities.

Queen Esther' is a literary riffing on a biblical story. It also might be the most sympathetic treatment of Jewish themes by ...

Jews love to think in centuries and millennia. These exceptionally long stretches of time, after all, have shaped the Jewish identity. We waited 19 centuries to return home to Zion; we received our ...

The Jewish tradition overflows with stories — and great storytellers. This month, just before Passover, award-winning storyteller Arnon Z. Shorr and illustrator Joshua M. Edelglass published their ...

A space stamp collection submitted by Adam Carlin, from the exhibition and catalog, 36+2 (photo by Irvin Maldonado, all images courtesy the Greensboro Contemporary Jewish Museum) When we think of the ...

Turns out a Bar Mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall requires far more than just a reservation - and Erez Landau reveals ...

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Yet this framing itself is mistaken. God did not ask the Jewish people to choose between faithfulness and responsibility, ...

Both in Torah and in contemporary tragedies, confronting death can bring us closer to understanding our true values.

“The Matriarchs,” by Liba Vaynberg, follows six Modern Orthodox girls as they grow up and grapple with their faith, as well as fertility, marriage, grief and more. By the time the playwright Liba ...

In a time of increasing division, Collins hopes the story of St. Joseph’s once-vibrant Jewish community can serve as a reminder of what inclusive communities can look like. “This place embraced our ...

Jewish Story Partners revealed Wednesday the six new grantees of its Reprise Grant Program, which will together be awarded $175,000, TheWrap can exclusively reveal. The leading Jewish film funding ...